Kuruganti Chidambaran

CEO, Sribir Group, India

Mr. Chidambaran is the Chief Executive Office of Sirbir Group. He graduated from graduated from Indian School of Business. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Manufacturing and Plant Management. Mr. Chidambaran has forged his way towards accelerated and sustainable growth of Integrated Iron & Steel Plants.

Topic: How to reduce Coke Consumption through HBT process in BF?

Abstract: The Indian steel industry has witnessed a long history of facing the challenges in using the locally available iron ore with introducing new and innovative ideas in the field of iron making. For the past ten years practises of high alumina BF slag with moderate pulverised coal injections was of the order. In the advent of global competition and usage of high alumina and silica ores pose a new challenge requiring break through operations of Blast furnace operation. This include technologies to use cheaper and lower-grade raw materials combining process control parameters like minimum HBT of 12000 C. This helps in ultra-high PCI thereby promotion of cost savings, energy saving and, reduction environmental problems.